Heist

Esteemed writer/director David Mamet fashioned this homage to the elegant, character-driven "tough guy" genre pictures of Warner Bros. in the 1930s and '40s, even using vintage scores in the soundtrack. Gene Hackman stars as Joe Moore, an accomplished thief whose career is jeopardized after he's ...more

After taking directorial detours with The Winslow Boy and State and Main, David Mamet returns to familiar territory in Heist, a solid but ultimately minor crime caper. Mamet's winding script stays ahead of both his characters and the audience, so you always know something they don't, they know something you don't, and Mamet knows more than anyone. The fun comes from watching the various betrayals unfold, and the double-crosses and double-double-crosses are genuinely surprising. But by the end, ...more